BBC Upset About New “Controversial” Aid To Gaza Group

By William Teach May 27, 2025 – 10:30 am

The front page of BBC News mentions that they are “controversial”. I wonder why

New US-backed group says it has begun aid distribution in Gaza

A controversial new aid distribution group backed by the US and Israel has begun working in Gaza.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said lorry loads of food had been delivered to secure sites and that it had begun distribution to people. It did not say where or how much aid had been handed out.

The group, which uses armed American security contractors, aims to bypass the UN as the main supplier of aid to the 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, where experts are warning of a looming famine after an Israeli blockade that lasted 11 weeks.

The UN and many aid groups have refused to co-operate with GHF’s plans, which they say contradict humanitarian principles and appear to “weaponise aid”.

Israel says a new system is needed to stop Hamas stealing aid, which the group denies doing.

Ah. It’s controversial because the aid is not flowing through the UN and NGOs who then siphon off the aid and money for the aid before sending the aid and it ending up in the hands of Hamas. Also, it is backed by the Trump administration, so, that causes immediate resistance from the moonbats

Under the GHF’s mechanism, security-screened Palestinians will be expected to collect boxes containing food and basic hygiene items for their families from a small number of distribution sites which are mainly in southern Gaza. The sites will be secured by American contractors, with Israeli troops patrolling the perimeters.

UN and other aid agencies insisted they will not co-operate with any scheme that fails to respect fundamental humanitarian principles.

They have warned that the GHF’s system will practically exclude those with mobility issues, including those with injuries, disabilities and the elderly, force further displacement, expose thousands of people to harm, make aid conditional on political and military aims, and set an unacceptable precedent for aid delivery around the world.

They’ll be getting the aid to the non-Hamas supporters, instead of having Hamas steal the aid and do with it what they will. Which also helped hide how much was pilfered by the UN and NGOs.

Meanwhile, the BBC doesn’t like it much when Israels protest and are mean

Thousands of Israelis join violent, racist march through Jerusalem’s Muslim quarter

Thousands of Israelis have joined a state-funded march through the Muslim quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem, where large groups chanted racist slogans including “Gaza is ours”, “death to the Arabs” and “may their villages burn”.

The annual march, paid for and promoted by the Jerusalem city government, celebrates Israel’s capture and occupation of East Jerusalem and its holy sites in the war of 1967. The Israeli takeover is not recognised internationally.

First, they can’t be racist because Jews and Muslims there are mostly of the same descent. Second, where was the BBC condemnation of pro-Palestinians?

No mention of the meaning of “from the river to the sea.” Or the Jew hatred. Or the wearing of Intifada Keffiyehs, a symbol of killing Jews and destroying Israel. Double standard.

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Bummer: Trump EPA Looks To Remove Greenhouse Gas Limits On Power Plants

By William Teach May 27, 2025 – 7:15 am

I’ll say again that I am no fan of coal, because it does create dirty air and despoils the land. But, CO2? Nah. The NY Times is very upset over this, despite none of them giving up their own use of what they call “dirty” energy

Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants

climate cowThe Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times.

In its proposed regulation, the agency argued that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from power plants that burn fossil fuels “do not contribute significantly to dangerous pollution” or to climate change because they are a small and declining share of global emissions. Eliminating those emissions would have no meaningful effect on public health and welfare, the agency said.

But in the United States, the power sector was the second biggest source of greenhouse gases, behind transportation, according to the most recent data available on the E.P.A. website. And globally, power plants account for about 30 percent of the pollution that is driving climate change.

What will you do without power? Natural gas is cheap, abundant, affordable, and easy. The power plants have small footprints, unlike solar and wind. And provide a hell of a lot more power for the cost and footprint. Maybe if the Warmists would let us build nuclear power plants we could have what they call sustainable power.

The E.P.A. sent the draft to the White House for review on May 2. It could undergo changes before it is formally released and the public is given the opportunity to offer comments, likely in June.

The proposed regulation is part of a broader attack by the Trump administration on the established science that greenhouse gases threaten human health and the environment. Scientists have overwhelmingly concluded that carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases from the burning of oil, gas and coal are dangerously heating the planet.

It was once established science that the world was flat, that the Sun went around the Earth, and that witches floated.

The Trump administration is methodically uprooting policies aimed at curbing climate change, and the E.P.A. is at the epicenter of that effort. In recent weeks, Mr. Zeldin has shuttered offices responsible for regulating climate and air pollution, and has launched the repeal of more than two dozen regulations and policies.

I’m actually rather surprised that Trump and his folks are missing the opportunity to tell Warmists to practice what they preach. To give up their own use of fossil fuels and make their lives carbon neutral.

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EU Sports Chief Goes Anti-Semitic, Hints Israel May Not Be Allow To Compete

By William Teach May 27, 2025 – 7:00 am

Apparently, the Jews in Israel do not share the values of the Jew haters in the EU

EU sports chief hints Israel should get the boot from competitions over Gaza war

When asked how the sporting world should respond to the crisis in Gaza, the EU’s sports chief has signaled there should be “no space” in events for countries that do not share “our values.”

Israel has come under increasing pressure from Europe recently over its military offensive in the besieged enclave, with the majority of EU countries last week backing a review of the bloc’s political agreement with the country.

Several Israeli ambassadors were also summoned to EU capitals, from Rome to Paris, after the Israel Defense Forces admitted they had fired “warning shots” at a diplomatic delegation visiting the West Bank that included European officials.

Sports Commissioner Glenn Micallef condemned the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and said the sporting world needs to speak up.

“When it comes to sports, I think there should be no space in sporting events for those who do not share our values,” he told POLITICO without naming Israel directly, in response to a question as to whether the country should face sporting sanctions over the Gaza war. “Sport is a tool that we use to promote peace, through which we promote human rights.”

So, will Palestinians be allowed to compete? Europe doesn’t seem to block Iran and many hardcore Islamist nations from competing. But, this is all about Jew hatred

The sporting world has seen repeated calls to boycott Israel’s participation in international competitions, from the Olympics to the World Cup, although such proposals have so far largely been rejected.

But, again, not blocking Iran or other Muslim extremist nations. The EU chief and others should just say they hate Jews and want Israel erased already, stop beating around the bush. Has the EU sports chief considered that Palestinians would be happy to take over EU nations?

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Who Wants To Explain ‘Climate Change’ In 1,000 Words?

By William Teach May 26, 2025 – 6:27 pm

It seems rather tedious

Explaining Climate Change In 1,000 Words

In a previous post, I argued that we need a new American narrative for talking about climate change. This is a necessary but not sufficient condition for creating a bipartisan consensus across our political divide in order to establish stable, long-term policies to the benefit of all Americans. These policies must, as I’ve also written about before, strike the right balance between affordability, security, resiliency, and carbon intensity.

Crafting this narrative won’t be easy. I’ve been thinking about it for a while but am far from ready to try writing even a first draft. So I decided to start with something simpler which is to write 1,000 words explaining climate change. The audience is American citizens who are not experts, who have different levels of knowledge and interest, and who range across the political spectrum. I made the arbitrary decision that anyone willing to read a piece with this title would tolerate up to 1,000 words. And that’s probably stretching it given people’s busy lives and how much people use social media today to consume information.

You know what? I’m already bored with this cultish screed. The boredom starts with the notion that there MUST be bipartisan consensus to Do Something. Because when skeptics start saying these are good policies that might intersect with the cult, we are dismissed. Most Warmists refuse to accept building next generation nuclear power plants, for instance. I’d be fine with white roofing shingles, tax credit for EVs, and a few other things, because some are just straight good for the environment without being dictatorial. Some will help mitigate the Urban Heat Island effect without being dictatorial.

And, seriously, they’ve been trying to Explain and Spread Awareness for 35 years: what is going to change now. I can explain it in less than 1,000 words: anthropogenic climate change is a made up concept using the small increase in Carbon Dioxide, what the cult calls “carbon pollution”, to push for massive government control over citizens, during a period of warming that has happened on and off throughout the Holocene. If you want to know how real it is, take a look at the lifestyles of those pushing it the hardest, especially government “intervention”, and see if they are making their own lives “carbon neutral.”

Where does this leave the average American? Each person has to decide for themselves such things as how much time they want to spend learning about and engaging on this issue (e.g., through voting, community efforts, and expressing their views in various ways), how important it is in the total picture of their life, and what changes (if any) they want to make in their own lifestyles (such as diet and frequency and modes of transportation). People who have more money have the luxury of having more choices. Another important choice is the extent to which a person engages with others, including those who have a very different view. Whatever choices an individual person makes will have no effect on climate change. That said, America will benefit if everyone respects the choices that others make.

Yup, still bored. And notice that it is mostly about forcing Other People to comply.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 26, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is having to live high in the hills because the lowlands flooded, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Lid, with a post on Memorial Day, and what American troops are made of.

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Self-Deportation Posters Supposedly Now Appearing In Court

By William Teach May 26, 2025 – 10:30 am

I’d love to know who came up with this idea. It’s definintely Troll Level A+

Lawyers say posters suggesting migrants ‘self-deport’ are now appearing in court, detention

Immigration attorneys say the Trump administration has begun hanging up fliers in English and Spanish warning immigrants to self deport.

“The point is very clear, which is to have people leave without any process or without knowing all their rights,” said Amelia Dagen, a staff attorney with the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights. “The current administration is removing information about people’s rights, their obligations, their ability to go through full legal proceedings before potentially being deported [and] their access to assistance.”

The Amica Center is one of several legal service providers around the U.S. offering legal aid to adults and children going through the immigration system.

The new material — shared by the Amica Center — says immigrants who self deport can keep money earned in the U.S., may be eligible for help flying home, and could apply for legal immigration in the future. (snip)

The American Immigration Lawyers Association has since reported seeing them in courtrooms nationwide and also in immigration detention centers, including in Arizona. Dagen says the material has also been given directly to migrants after their court proceedings — she says one asylum seeker received the paper after being granted asylum.

There is also a Spanish version of the poster. This is just fantastic.

Meanwhile

Trump administration calls out NBC News over viral Foley ICE arrest video — Says detained man ‘attempted to obstruct and prevent the lawful arrest of an illegal alien’

A man who was detained during an immigration raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Foley job site recently was attempting to obstruct the lawful arrest of an illegal alien, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Video of the incident showed ICE officers in a struggle with Leonardo Garcia Venegas on a job site in Foley on Wednesday.

NBC News never mentioned that the man was obstructing federal law enforcement, and all the other Credentialed Media outlets were the same. They all failed Journalism 101. But, did a great job with Activism 101, and Trump Derangement Syndrome.

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Bummer: Big Meanie Trump Trying To Stop States From Doing Something About Global Boiling

By William Teach May 26, 2025 – 7:15 am

Some of us may remember when Rolling Stone used to be for a small government. For government that stayed out of our lives and didn’t try to force us to do stuff. How times have changed

Trump Tries to Make Sure States Don’t Fight Climate Change Either

If you’re one of those gambling addicts placing bets on every imaginable future scenario that could befall this nation, and you’ve bet on it facing a maximum climate catastrophe, you’ve got a friend in the Trump administration.

When President Donald Trump took office earlier this year, climate advocates were confident that while the federal government would certainly no longer be tackling the issue of climate change, states would help pick up some of the slack. There was a sense of hope in that — at least some of this vital work would continue. This prospect has recently been put into question, because the Trump administration is now trying to prevent states from doing much of anything to limit the impacts of climate change.

The Department of Justice is currently suing the states of New York and Vermont to stop them from enforcing laws passed last year that would make fossil fuel companies liable for some of the costs of dealing with climate change. It is also suing Hawaii and Michigan over their climate-related lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. Finally, the Trump administration is working to end California’s stringent motor vehicle emissions standards and its cap-and-trade program. (Republicans in the Senate recently moved to end Califonria’s vehicle emission standards.)

All those states are doing things that affect out of state companies and other states.

Moffa says the Trump administration appears to be placing itself “on the side of private industry,” and he thinks these actions may have been taken as part of an effort to dissuade other states from pursuing similar legal action.

So, on the side of the private sector and private citizens, not the cultish politicians and bureaucrats.

States are trying to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for how they have contributed to climate change, and the Trump administration is making it clear it will have none of that. The lawsuits and strategies employed by the administration may not be successful, but they clearly create another barrier to acting on climate change. They could also make states more wary about passing new climate laws.

Yeah, well, remember, those same states have refused to give up their own use of fossil fuels for operation, especially the politicians. Also remember that a NJ Superior Court judge has already thrown out a suit “because Plaintiffs seek damages for alleged harms caused by interstate and international emissions and global warming, their claims cannot be governed by state law. Under our federal constitutional system, states cannot use their laws to resolve claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by out-of-state and worldwide emissions.” So, Trump has every legal authority to stop states from doing their wacky cult stuff.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Upset Over “Intimidation”

By William Teach May 26, 2025 – 7:00 am

Does anyone remember Brandon Johnson complaining about the Biden DOJ and like minded wackos like Letitia James going after Trump and people who worked for him? How about after Christians?

Chicago mayor calls DOJ investigation into hiring a ‘clear demonstration’ of intimidation

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) accused the Trump administration on Sunday of bullying his city after the Department of Justice (DOJ) flagged it for potential racial discrimination in hiring city workers.

“This is a clear demonstration of not just animus, but intimidation,” Johnson said during an interview on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”

The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into the city’s hiring practices on Monday after Johnson touted Black city leaders during remarks at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago last weekend.

“There are some detractors that will try and push back on me and say, ‘The only thing the mayor talks about is the hiring of Black people.’ No. What I’m saying is, when you hire our people, we always look out for everybody else,” Johnson, who is Black, told the congregation in remarks that went viral online.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon sent a letter to Johnson on Monday that cited those remarks as “suggesting that you have made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race.”

“If these kinds of hiring decisions are being made for top-level positions in your administration, then it begs the question whether such decisions are also being made for lower-level positions,” Dhillon, an ally of President Trump who unsuccessfully ran to lead the Republican National Committee in 2023, wrote in the letter. “We intend to consider all relevant information, and we welcome your assistance in helping to identify what that might be.”

He said it. And the DOJ knows his office is mostly hiring based on color. Which is against Chicago, Illinois, and federal law. Perhaps Johnson should have thought about that before engaging in racist and illegal hiring practices. 28 % of Chicago residents are black. 48% of Chicago public employees are black. What’s that called? What would Johnson be saying if a white mayor was saying he would hire mostly white people? Oh, and the last approval rating for Johnson was 6.6%, so, I’m guessing even the black folks in Chicago do not like how he’s doing his job.

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There’s A Debate Online About Women Wearing Skimpy Clothes To The Gym Or Something

By William Teach May 25, 2025 – 5:30 pm

Something different, especially since I am at the gym 3-5 times a week. I’m guessing Nicole Fallert at the USA Today had nothing better to do, or, decided to do some ultra-feminism man hating

Revealing gym clothes are sparking a debate online – and maybe a return to modesty

In a world of cut-out booty shorts and strappy crop-tops, social media is debating if women should dress more modestly at the gym.

Discourse over whether the world of stretchy matching sets are too revealing isn’t new. Some say they can see people’s butts when they really don’t want to. Others say they practically need a gown to cover up to feel safe from men who leer at them. Many also argue it’s their right to wear what they want to get active. One TikToker said the issue is brands not making clothes that are size-inclusive, meaning big backsides and chests are inevitably exposed.

No matter what side people fall on, women are left asking if their outfits are enough.

See, it’s the fault of the clothing manufacturers. Funny how most do not have a problem finding clothes that fit. I love seeing a woman wearing a loose pair of shorts and shirt, because I know they are there to exercise, not look for attention.

“Am I a slut?” one TikToker asked in a video asking viewers what she was supposed to be wearing, if not the shorts shorts and spaghetti straps she had on for a workout. That simple question got over 9 million views, showing that many others are wondering the same thing.

No, you are not a slut. You are taking the amplifier up to 11. What you are is an attention seeker. You cannot tell me that most of the women wearing supertight and/or skimpy clothes aren’t looking for attention. Is it really comfortable to wear booty shorts or leggings all the way up the crack of your ass while exercising? Just an FYI, most guys and gals will look negatively at guys wearing ripped up or string muscle shirts in the gym, unless you are at a place like Gold’s Gym (are those still around?). You average gym, like Planet Fitness, Lifetime Fitness, etc, want a comfortable workout place. Heck, one of the strongest people I see in PF, benches 6 45’s, is always in a t-shirt (I noticed because I keep wondering if he is John Petrucci of Dream Theater).

BTW, the TikToker, Carla Angellica, wasn’t wearing that skimpy of clothes. Seriously, though, why would you want to wear super skimpy and touch the benches that much?

But the conversation shouldn’t be about modest gym outfits versus revealing ones, according to Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, professor of American politics and gender at Case Western Reserve University. It should focus on what happens when we think we can comment on what women wear in the first place.

Most wear the clothes for attention, so, yeah, we can comment. Mostly, men, and yeah, a lot of women, just ignore it. Because we do not want to deal with the crazies looking for attention than having fits when they get it. Especially when filming. No one has to be “modest” and all covered up. But, don’t complain when you get the attention you want. And, too be clear, I know a women who goes to my gym and is a lesbian and will look, and, as she told me once “she can get away with it” while laughing.

Personally, I like loose clothes at the gym, giving my range of movement. That’s me. I don’t care if anyone is looking. I’m not there for socializing. I’m there for, to use a Millennial term, me time. Also, look, there are creepers at the gym. Men and women. If you’re dressing to get people to look, don’t be surprised they look. It doesn’t make you a slut, it makes you a narcissistic attention seeker.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 25, 2025 – 2:21 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Gateway Pundit, with a post on Karmelo Anthony being charged with 1st degree murder and tried as an adult.

It’s Stars and Bars week!

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